“It was the year of ‘OK boomer,’ and the generations were at each other’s throats,” argues the national features writer for The Washington Post, starting with a quote from New York University’s Michael North, who studies ageism in the workplace. “Age-based prejudice is the last acceptable form of prejudice. People are making age-based generalizations and stereotypes that you wouldn’t be able…
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Open-Source Security Nonprofit Tries Raising Money With ‘Hacker-Themed’ T-Shirts
The nonprofit Open Source Technology Improvement Fund connects open-source security projects with funding and logistical support. (Launched in 2015, the Illinois-based group includes on its advisory council representatives from DuckDuckGo and the OpenVPN Project.) To raise more money, they’re now planning to offer “hacker-themed swag” and apparel created with a state-of-the art direct-to-garment printer — and they’re using Kickstarter to help…